Carly
Carly is ranked 873rd among girls in 2024 (308 births). Its best rank was 122nd, in 1995.
- Rank in 2024
- #873down 92 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3080.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 19952,585 births
- Best rank
- #122in 1995
- Since 1951
- 66,214people given the name
The story in the numbers
66,214 girls have been named Carly in the United States since 1951, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1995, with 2,585 births — 0.15% of all girls recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 357 → 873).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 1990s alone account for 34%. It has spent 52 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1995, its biggest year
Carly was the 122nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1995 were Jessica, Ashley, Emily, Samantha and Sarah. See all of 1995.
Names that rose and fell with Carly
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Raychelpeak 1995
- Rebekapeak 1991
- Keyanapeak 1994
- Kionapeak 1995
- Desiraepeak 1993
- Jesseniapeak 1993
- Keyonnapeak 1995
- Carlipeak 1996
Other spellings in the data
- Charlee18,967 ever
- Carley17,269 ever
- Carlie16,245 ever
- Karlee13,541 ever
- Carlee13,184 ever
- Karlie11,400 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.